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Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Thiazole- Oxazole Tandem Heterocyclic RNA Splicing Inhibitors

  • Rong Zhang ,
  • Xiang Gao ,
  • Lingling Chen ,
  • Fajun Nan
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  • a University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
    b Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai 201203
    c Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai 200031
    d School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210
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Received date: 2022-02-25

  Revised date: 2022-05-19

  Online published: 2022-06-01

Abstract

Precursor mRNAs (pre-mRNAs) undergo splicing to remove introns and ligation of their exons to yield mature mRNAs. Pre-mRNA splicing is an essential component of gene expression and proteomic diversity in higher organisms. However, the alternative splicing or mutation of splicing factors have been found in human diseases. By the use of the small molecules modulate the splicing process will provide potential treatment for related diseases. In this paper, circmcherry expression system was used to screen compounds that could affect splicing process. Several simple derivatives of natural product Leucamide A have been found to have inhibitory effects, and 36 compounds with thiazole-oxazole tadem structural core were designed and synthesized, of which methyl 2-((S)-1-(2-(2-((S)-1-(4-methoxybenzamido)-2-methylpropyl)thiazol-4- yl)-5-methyloxazole-4-carboxamido)ethyl)oxazole-4-carboxylate (9l) shows most potent inhibitory activity on splicing.

Cite this article

Rong Zhang , Xiang Gao , Lingling Chen , Fajun Nan . Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Thiazole- Oxazole Tandem Heterocyclic RNA Splicing Inhibitors[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022 , 42(9) : 2925 -2939 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202202033

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